Seeds of Sylvia

The world is on the brink of environmental disaster with the dramatic and sudden onset of Colony Collapse Disorder. Scientists across the world are frantically researching every avenue to find a solution, with the fate of the world in the balance.

Dr. Ashley Applegate is one such scientist, with a specialty in researching what the eye cannot see and what cannot be quantified. Partnering with Dr. Sibyl Colwell, a colleague more grounded in the scientific method, they conduct a field study to investigate a unique clearing in the forest, encountering but a single blue turnip flower.

With the discovery that bees are attracted to this particular specimen, Ashley finds that the flower is not all that it appears to be...